"Hello, friends!" "Last year, 'Baba ka Dhaba' was viral on social media." Hundreds of people came forward to help Baba. Many people even donated money to help Baba. "But now, the latest news is that" "Kanta Prasad, whom we know as Baba" is now admitted to Safdarjung Hospital. What's the reason? It's being claimed that he attempted suicide. How did it happen? "How did this wholesome, happy story" turn into such a tragic story? I'd like to talk about this in today's video because there is a very important lesson in this story for all of us. We have a lot to learn from this story. Let's find out how. "For the uninitiated, let's look at the story from the beginning." "It starts in October 2020," "a food vlogger, Gaurav Wasan," "uploads a video on his Facebook, Instagram and YouTube channel." "In the video, he shows the story of an octogenarian couple." Kanta Prasad and his wife Badami Devi. """...you won't find Matar Paneer." "And they are saying that they aren't able to sell.""" They work hard to run a dhaba.
To support themselves.
"But because of Covid,"
they were facing difficulties to make ends meet. "When hundreds of people came to know
about their story from social media,"
it touched the hearts of the masses.
A Twitter user named Vasundhara shared a clip of this video on Twitter "that got more than 50,000
retweets." "And just like
that, the story of Baba ka Dhaba" went
viral across social media. Famous
celebrities like Randeep Hooda were also requesting people to go eat there for supporting Baba ka Dhaba. And many people did go to eat at Baba ka
Dhaba. And others simply donated money. "After 20 days, the same Twitter user
tweeted that" Baba and his wife had
cataracts. "So her friend's father,
Dr Sameer Sood" operated on their
eyes for free to give them clear
eyesight. "Seeing this story,
people really felt that there still is humanity and compassion in the
world."
"And that even today, social media can be used for so
many good causes." "But after
some days, the situation worsened."
Some accounts on social media and Baba himself claimed that food vlogger Gaurav Wasan had
cheated him. He said that Gaurav stole
some of the donated money that Baba was supposed to receive. "In fact, Baba registered a police
complaint" and so the Delhi Police
registered a case against Gaurav under
IPC Section 420. "As soon as this
story spread," people started
trolling and cursing Gaurav on social media.
They started calling him a thief. Baba even called a press conference. You'd wonder how Baba could call a press
conference. "Out of nowhere, a
lawyer named Prem Joshi" and
another vlogger named Tushant came into the scene. They were present with him at the press
conference. Gaurav responded by saying
that some malicious people are using Baba for their own benefit. They're trying to manipulate and incite him. Gaurav believed that Baba had not made such
allegations himself rather some other
people were trying to influence him from behind the curtains. And these people called themselves Baba's
managers.
Gaurav was pressured to show his bank details to reveal the
truth. So Gaurav went in front of the
media and showed his bank details. This
eventually clarified that Gaurav gave
the entire money "the money that
was donated for Baba, was indeed given to Baba." He hadn't kept it for himself. "With the money Baba got, he opened a
new restaurant." And hired some new
chefs for the restaurant. "Unfortunately,
Baba's restaurant didn't do well." Because
Corona's next wave came around. "So
he closed down his restaurant," and
returned to his dhaba to work. "Here,
Baba regretted his actions." So he
apologized to Gaurav and asked for his forgiveness. And told Gaurav that he is welcome to visit
the dhaba anytime to have a bite. And
Gaurav generously forgave Baba. He said
that all's well that ends well. That he
who forgives is greater than he who errs.
And the situation between them got better again. And we got a happy ending. But then there was a new development.
Kanta Prasad has allegedly attempted suicide. "His son, Azad, told India Today
TV" that his father was suffering
from depression for the last few years. And
he had attempted suicide six years ago as well.
It's difficult to say what the exact reason is behind it but few people believe that the media trial and the instant reaction of the people to
everything had a terrible effect on him. Think about it. When Baba randomly accused Gaurav people believed it without verifying it or
seeing any evidence. The social media
trolls said something people believed
that and jumped to troll and curse
Gaurav. "And a few days later when
the situation overturned," people
started trolling and cursing Baba. This
isn't the first case of a media trial. You
must've heard about the 2017 Gurgaon School Case. Where a child was killed in the school. People were furious after this case. "Haryana police named a school bus
conductor, Ashok Kumar, as the suspect."
The police said that the bus conductor had even confessed to
having committed the crime. The police
said that he had hidden a knife in the toolbox of the bus. "In fact, an employee of the school even
gave testimony against the bus conductor."
"Hearing all these, the people and the media were convinced" that the murder was committed by Ashok Kumar. But no one thought that as per law "the law and the Constitution of our
country," "according to it, a
statement to the police" is not
admissible as evidence in the court. "But
who cares, right?" Who tries to
look these up? Before the legal trial
even began the media trail had labelled
Ashok Kumar as a convict. And the people
started demanding death by hanging for Ashok Kumar. "In such cases, we even see police
encounters often." "But
fortunately, it didn't happen in this case." Had a police encounter happened people
would've begun celebrating that a person
who murdered a child was encountered. A
good end to the story. That a murder
mystery was solved. But CBI stepped in
here. They conducted a forensic
examination of the crime scene accessed
the CCTV footage and call records. And
they found that the bus conductor was not the actual murderer. An unnamed student from the 11th class was
involved in it. The court finally
acquitted Ashok Kumar. Because he was
innocent. "And in 2021, CBI filed a
charge-sheet against four police officers from Gurgaon," that they had tried to frame the conductor by manipulating evidence. Now you'd say that justice has been restored.
"Again, all is well that ends well." But did anyone try to find out the
conductor's story afterwards? The
channels that carry out media trials because the 'nation wants to know' had no time for this. But Ashok Kumar's sister told Indian Express
that Ashok Kumar was so brutally beaten
by the police that he can no longer do
any manual work. Cannot lift heavy
objects. He faced difficulty walking. And he had to take pain killer injections. This media trial had destroyed his life. "After his arrest, his wife Mamta also
lost her job." She had some
cleaning jobs at nearby schools. His
father was a security guard at a school.
Even he lost his job in the lockdown.
Ashok couldn't pay the school fees of his two children. "Fortunately, some locals helped them to
make ends meet." He had not
committed any crime. "But still, he
had to suffer so much." Was it only
bad luck that he was present near a crime scene? "No, we can't call it bad luck." Because our law clearly states 'Innocent Until Proven Guilty.' "But media trial, a hunger for TRP,
sensationalism," "and the
reactionary nature of the people," he
had to suffer because of all these. "What
happens, friends, is that whenever we come across an emotional incident on the
media" "like a terrorist
attack, or the death of a celebrity,"
"instead of helping the investigation, the media" creates an uproar. Which creates pressure on the police. The pressure on politicians also increases. "And so the police and the politicians
try to satisfy the people as quickly as they can," "to satisfy the furious citizens," by labelling someone or the other as the
suspect.
To find someone to put the blame on. A scapegoat.
And whomever the media decides to blame
or the police decides to blame that
person's photo appears in the media and on the front page of newspapers. Primetime debates take place. But later when the courts acquit them that news is somewhere in a small box on page
9 or 10. The mindset of the people
regarding such things should also be taken into consideration. Some people think that even though the person
has been acquitted by the courts "since
the police had arrested them, they would've done something wrong." This is a very wrong mindset. Because there is a world of difference
between the police and the court of law.
The police is an agency that can be influenced by politicians. "Nowadays, even the courts can be
influenced to some extent," "but
on the whole, in the grand scheme of things," our judiciary is quite independent of our
politicians. Compared to our executive
and other branches of the government. That's
why one should never think like this. "Friends,
there was a film called Shahid with Rajkumar Rao in it." "If you haven't watched it, I'd
recommend that you do." Because
these issues have been talked about in this film. About which I'm talking in this video.
A similar case was seen when a person suffering from chronic
depression commits suicide in a room. And the girl that he loved is made into the convict by the media trial. I'm talking about Bollywood actress Rekha. "And when her husband, Mukesh Aggarwal
died in 1991." Some people called
Rekha a witch. Some other celebrities
completely went against Rekha after this incident. "It was later found, that Rekha had no
involvement with this death." And
it was a suicide. It seems like the
Pliable Media was not enough to do all these on its own nowadays there are even Pliable YouTubers on
social media. That are more brutal at
using sensationalism and insults to
malign people and gain their 'TRP'. There
are even some YouTubers whose entire career
is based on humiliating others. Based
on 'roasting'. What actually happened
with Gaurav was that a lot of hate was
driven by social media. "Similarly,
the pliable YouTubers made videos accusing Gaurav." To defame Gaurav. Saying that he's a thief that stole money
donated for Baba. That it's Scam 2020. Some people had already labelled him with
such huge accusations. They had started
a media trial on YouTube itself. And
this is very dangerous. Here the mindset
of the people is also to be blamed to some extent. People have become so reactionary that "whenever there is any incident," the people immediately start looking for the
person that can be blamed. The person
that can be turned into a villain. And
then go curse the villain and start trolling them. Is that all that's left to do? They need to label someone as Anti-National
for every little thing
"Label someone as a 'Desh Dhrohi' (Traitor), or a
Thief." Can't a person be seen just
as a human? Take the case between Baba
and Gaurav Can't both of them be treated
as humans? Is it really necessary to
make someone a villain in this situation?
When Deepika Padukone's film Padmavat was about to be released then a right-wing militant group had
threatened Deepika Padukone that they
would cut off her nose. Some people were
also supporting this on social media. "But
when the film actually released, we found out that there was nothing in it
worth the outrage." Just think how
reactionary people have become. And
Deepika had to suffer through so much Had
to face so much trolling And for what? There wasn't any reason for this. "Friends, I think that from all these
incidents" We can learn 2 main
things. "First, that one shouldn't
be so reactionary." "Whatever
you see in the media, any news" Don't
blindly believe in it. Anything that's
being said by the media or the police. Have
some patience. Believing it is only a
part of the problem. To blame someone
for it afterwards "cursing someone,
trolling someone," What will you
get from doing it? Why would you waste
your time doing such useless things? "And
second is that friends, these pliable media and the pliable YouTubers," learn to ignore their sensationalism. "Only then the social evils like
roasting, abusing, and trolling can be eradicated from our society." "And things like rationality, logical
discussion, and unity can be promoted in our society." Can be encouraged. "I hope that you liked this blog,
friends." Let's meet in the next
blog. Thank you very much!